Aston Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,366 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
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Oakwood High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,067of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 31.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 207
- Ofsted
- Report card, 27 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Oakwood High School (URN 106949, until 1 December 2013).
What the data says
Oakwood High School has no sixth form. Of the 213 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 55% moved to a sixth form college, 20% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 55% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Chemistry is unusually popular at GCSE: 41% of the year group took it, against 23% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.5 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in Rotherham, with 38% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Rotherham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Oakwood High School | Rotherham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 213 | 3,387 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 80% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 55% | 18% | 13% |
| — further education college | 20% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oakwood High School | Rotherham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.5 | 41.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 18% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.89 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 25% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.0 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.0 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 31% | 11% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 206 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 68% |
| English Language | 206 | 100% | 89% | 22% | 20% | 78% |
| English Literature | 205 | 99% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 78% |
| Geography | 137 | 66% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 58% |
| Combined Science | 119 | 57% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 52% |
| Chemistry | 85 | 41% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 75% |
| Physics | 85 | 41% | 23% | 16% | 46% | 61% |
| Biology | 85 | 41% | 23% | 22% | 45% | 79% |
| Religious Studies | 65 | 31% | 31% | 23% | 32% | 85% |
| History | 47 | 23% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 68% |
| Spanish | 44 | 21% | 19% | 30% | 27% | 64% |
| Art and Design | 40 | 19% | 7% | 20% | 24% | 75% |
| Design and Technology | 32 | 15% | 11% | 22% | 23% | 69% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 31 | 15% | 8% | 26% | 21% | 71% |
| Graphic Communication | 23 | 11% | 1% | 22% | 23% | 78% |
| Drama | 23 | 11% | 7% | 4% | 27% | 57% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 10% | 13% | 45% | 30% | 85% |
| Textiles | 19 | 9% | 2% | 26% | 27% | 79% |
| German | 14 | 7% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 100% |
| Music | 11 | 5% | 5% | 45% | 33% | 73% |
| Arabic | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Chinese | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 69 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 55 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 16 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.